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a. Conduct a public hearing to consider six (6) 2022 Williamson Act Applications to Create a Farmland Security Zone ("FSZ") and Contract (REF210027); and
b. Adopt a Resolution:
1. Finding that Open Space Contracts or Easements qualify as a Class 17 (establishment of agricultural preserves) Categorical Exemption pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Code of Regulations (CCR) CEQA Guidelines Section 15317 and there are no exceptions pursuant to CEQA Guidelines CCR Section 15300.2; and
2. Approving five (5) applications to create FSZs and Contracts:
a. FSZ Application No. 2022-01 (304 acres) - Yellow Juliet II, LLC; Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 145-011-064
b. FSZ Application No. 2022-02 (331 acres) - KVL Holdings, Inc.; APNs 183-021-016 and 183-021-033 (*Currently in escrow with Arroyo Seco Vineyards LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.)
c. FSZ Application No. 2022-03 (297 acres) - Nixon Farms, LLC; APNs 107-031-007 and 107-031-008
d. FSZ Application No. 2022-04 (756 acres) - Fanoe-Johnson Ranch Trust U/D/T dated February 9, 2021, Jane Fanoe Limited Partnership dated December 29, 1999, Trust B of James D. Fanoe, Jr. Family Trust U/A dated June 24, 1985, APNs 107-031-017 and 107-031-024; rescind Land Conservation Contract Nos. 68-022 and 70-002 and simultaneously approve FSZ No. 2022-04 as applicable to the subject property
e. FSZ Application No. 2022-05 (59 acres) - 1992 Beverly Silliman Revocable Trust U/D/T dated May 8, 1992, Claudia M. Kelley Revocable Trust Executed October 15, 2012, Gary A. Marsh Living Trust, dated November 29, 2012; APNs 177-081-017 and 207-121-009; and
3. Continue one (1) application to create an FSZ and Contract to the 2023 round of Williamson Act applications (to be considered in 2022): FSZ Application No. 2022-06 (178 acres) - Linda S. De Santiago Living Trust dated December 21, 1998; APNs 165-101-006 and 165-101-008 (Application No. 2020-09 in 2019); and
4. Authorizing the Chair to execut...
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